Samuel Bamigbade

Senior business and operations executive with 10+ years of experience leading operational transformation, business strategy, organizational structuring, risk management, commercial initiatives, and strategic partnerships across agribusiness, insurance, investment, real estate, and construction.

As Chief Operating

Officer at Assetrise Holdings, led the restructuring of operating functions, accountability frameworks, and cross-functional processes, reducing operating costs by over 40% within the first three months. Brings a multidisciplinary background in operations, agribusiness, agricultural insurance, investment initiatives, business development, product development, and institutional partnerships, with a focus on building operating structures, improving organizational effectiveness, aligning teams, and translating commercial priorities into measurable outcomes. Complemented by several professional trainings and short courses undertaken locally and internationally.

Chief Operating Officer at ASSET RISE HOLDINGS (2026-04 – Present)

• Provided executive leadership across a diversified holding company with interests spanning agriculture, investment, real estate, and construction.
• Led the restructuring of Group vertical functions and operating structures to improve independence, accountability, efficiency, and management visibility.
• Reduced operating costs by over 40% within the first three months through functional restructuring, resource optimization, process improvement, and tighter operational controls.
• Strengthened performance standards, accountability frameworks, reporting structures, and cross-functional coordination across business units.
• Led organizational capability initiatives covering role clarity, productivity, leadership effectiveness, and performance culture.
• Supported alignment between business strategy, commercial priorities, and operational execution across the Group.

Team Lead, Agricultural Insurance Unit; Senior Agribusiness Manager at REX INSURANCE LIMITED (2019 – 2025)

Selected contributions across both roles:

• Generated over ₦5 billion in gross written premium through product innovation, market expansion, strategic partnerships, and commercial development.
• Led the development and deployment of agricultural and parametric insurance solutions addressing crop, livestock, and agricultural portfolio risks.
• Built strategic partnerships with AFEX, Alluvial, Crop2Cash, AgriSeedCo, and other stakeholders to expand market access and support agricultural finance.
• Supported structures enabling approximately ₦2–₦5 billion in agricultural lending through insurance, risk-sharing, and strategic partnership mechanisms.
• Led engagements with development and institutional partners including KfW, USAID, and GIZ.
• Collaborated with reinsurers and brokers on risk placement, portfolio structuring, and risk transfer.
• Supported initiatives reaching 15,000+ farmers and businesses through agricultural insurance and related market-development programmes.

Senior Technical Consultant and Risk Advisor at SMAANA (2020 – 2023)

• Worked closely with the CEO to aggregate over 10,000 retirees across Kogi and Edo States into an agricultural participation and livelihood-improvement initiative.
• Collaborated with FCMB and the Kogi State Government to support the initiative, which raised over ₦10 billion in grant funding, structured at ₦1 million per participating retiree.
• Provided strategic and technical support for programme development, stakeholder coordination, and implementation planning.
• Supported organizational structuring and business optimization, helping strengthen operating arrangements, role clarity, and execution effectiveness.

Technical Operations Manager at AGRIB. INDUSTRY NIGERIA LIMITED (2016 – 2019)

• Supervised the construction and establishment of a poultry feed mill, including technical and operational readiness.
• Oversaw poultry feed formulation to support product development and market competitiveness.
• Developed a market-entry strategy to compete with leading and established feed millers in Nigeria.
• Supported the business in generating approximately ₦500 million in revenue within its first six months of market entry.
• Developed and implemented a customer retainership strategy to strengthen client relationships and encourage repeat business.
• Provided technical support and advisory services to more than 100 poultry farms.

Modular MBA – Lagos Business School

Senior Agribusiness Management Program – Lagos Business School

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) – University of Ibadan